xiá

small box

Components
匚 meaning component

  Meaning component

fāng

  

box

box

甲 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎ

  

1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Evolution

匣 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
匣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiá

small box, case, coffer; box

Most common words with 匣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

box

黑匣子

(airplane) black box

弹匣

magazine (for ammunition)

话匣子

chatterbox

匣子

small box